AW Registration Guide **3/18/2021 update: Registration may re-open soon**

[CandG]

I don't know if Raddlock makes a 2021 compliant maglock. You should contact them and ask.

Usually when people refer to Raddlock, they're talking about the Raddlock bullet button, which is not a CA compliance device anymore (as of 2017). But like you said, maybe they're making something new now, I have no idea. I've admittedly not really kept myself up to date on this stuff.

[Pharcydeabc]

[DrewTheBrave]

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[@miller]

Sure

Sure you can - but Drew is correct - don't announce it here. Don't think the BOF doesn't troll these forums.

[Crankshot]

If I don't register my "bullet button" gun and for some reason the government searches my house one day. Am I correct in assuming that they can use that to take away my 2A rights?

[CandG]

If I don't register my "bullet button" gun and for some reason the government searches my house one day. Am I correct in assuming that they can use that to take away my 2A rights?

Getting caught possessing something that it's a felony to possess can cause criminal charges; and yes, if convicted, can result in loss of Constitutional rights, fines, a criminal record, and/or imprisonment - along with all the other social consequences that come with being a convicted felon. It's generally recommended to avoid that situation if you can. Registering is one option, but there are several other options as well.

[Crankshot]

Thanks, I assume the other options is to make it compliant somehow by going featureless, but no one sells a parts kit for this gun so I pretty much would need to manufacture my own grip fin. Sigh. California.

[CandG]

Thanks, I assume the other options is to make it compliant somehow by going featureless, but no one sells a parts kit for this gun so I pretty much would need to manufacture my own grip fin. Sigh. California.

Not knowing what kind of gun it is, other potential options are to make it a fixed magazine, make it non-semi-auto, disassemble it so it doesn't meet the definition of an AW anymore, or keep it out of state.

[CandG]

FYI, registration do-over starts tomorrow, at 9:00 a.m. PST.

It ends on April 12, 2022, at 9:00 a.m. PDT.

I don't really have any further details besides what's already been discussed in this thread previously... admittedly I haven't really put any effort into researching it.

[DrewTheBrave]

Thanks, I assume the other options is to make it compliant somehow by going featureless, but no one sells a parts kit for this gun so I pretty much would need to manufacture my own grip fin. Sigh. California.

If you need a custom fin to make your rifle compliant, check out this website:

https://fingrips.com/

I have no association with this the company or its owner, but it is operated by Calgunner, and I have purchased a few fins over the years. They work well and are of good quality. If you have a unique grip, you can send it in to have a custom fin made. It's an affordable & easy solution if you can't (or don't want to) register your firearms.

Whatever route you decide to go, good luck.

[phdo]

[papa zulu]

Is a non-bullet button (ie, standard magazine release) lower receiver legally purchased before 2017 that the owner attempted to register but could not due to the CADOJ's website problems -- is that firearm also eligible to be registered during this new 3-month window starting 1/13/2022?

Or is it only pre-2017 ARs with actual bullet buttons installed?

I keep reading references to the new 2022 "BBAW" registration, but unless I missed it nothing in the DOJ's website states that the AW must have a bullet button to qualify. Only that it must have been legally owned prior to 2017, allows for a detachable magazine, and had been attempted (but failed, due to DOJ's technical web problems) to be registered prior to the 7/1/2018 deadline.

So, what prevents non BB rifles (or lower receivers alone) legally purchased prior to 2017 and meeting the other attempted-registration requirements from also now being registered in compliance with the law?

[mej16489]

Is a non-bullet button (ie, standard magazine release) lower receiver legally purchased before 2017 that the owner attempted to register but could not due to the CADOJ's website problems -- is that firearm also eligible to be registered during this new 3-month window starting 1/13/2022?

Or is it only pre-2017 ARs with actual bullet buttons installed?

I keep reading references to the new 2022 "BBAW" registration, but unless I missed it nothing in the DOJ's website states that the AW must have a bullet button to qualify. Only that it must have been legally owned prior to 2017, allows for a detachable magazine, and had been attempted (but failed, due to DOJ's technical web problems) to be registered prior to the 7/1/2018 deadline.

So, what prevents non BB rifles (or lower receivers alone) legally purchased prior to 2017 and meeting the other attempted-registration requirements from also now being registered in compliance with the law?

Non-BB rifles would have had to be registered in one of the preceding registration periods.

Lower receivers alone wouldn't be semi-automatic & center-fire, so they were never registerable.

[CandG]

... Can I RAW it this time around? I was able to RAW two pistols last time because those pistols had no serials so I just engraved the DOJ issued serials. All four of these pistols were built in 2012.

I think you mean that you tried to register it last time but couldn't because of their technical problems, right? Assuming that's what you meant, then yes you should be able to register them this time around as long as the weapons themselves are in a legal configuration.

[papa zulu]

Thanks. That is a helpful reminder/clarifier of what does/does not qualify. Hard to keep it all straight once you stop thinking about it for a while.

Non-BB rifles would have had to be registered in one of the preceding registration periods.

Lower receivers alone wouldn't be semi-automatic & center-fire, so they were never registerable.